BREAKING: New data has shown that a blunder at a lab that led to thousands of positive Covid-19 cases reported as negative could have led to the deaths of 20 people.
‘Similarly, we estimate that there may have been just over 20 additional deaths in these most affected areas,’ they added.
An investigation into the incident, conducted by the UKHSA, concluded that the error occurred because staff at the lab set the threshold levels for reporting positive and negative results incorrectly. ‘We have concluded that staff errors within Immensa’s Wolverhampton laboratory were the immediate cause of the incorrect reporting of Covid-19 PCR test results in September and October 2021.
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